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[steeevvvooo]

Quick question… what would be a ROUGH estimate of the cost of converting a road bike to DD trim? What am I missing from the below:

Dynojet + dyno set up £150
Fairings £200
Tyres £150 (would need a new set regardless of buy/build really?
Cheap shock recon + fork set up £200
TOTAL £900

Obviously other bits such as rear sets, clip ons, race pads, master cylinders etc but in terms of the main bits, does the above seem sensible? Do I need anything else?

Seriously considering the conversion route at the moment…

[antonye]

I kept a log of costs from the first ever season of DD back in 2005:
http://www.horrible.demon.co.uk/bikes/racing2005.htm

If the check the table on the right of that page, you'll see each item costed, so just remove the stuff you don't need or want to include.

My rough cost to get a bike ready was £2500.80, but that included the cost of the bike (£1200), the ACU test, twin caliper conversion (new front forks, twin disks, calipers, etc) and so on.

[steeevvvooo]

thanks. Bike has twin discs and clipons so think I'm in the right ball park. Will post up if I go ahead!

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by steeevvvooo

Quick question… what would be a ROUGH estimate of the cost of converting a road bike to DD trim? What am I missing from the below:

Dynojet + dyno set up £150
Fairings £200
Tyres £150 (would need a new set regardless of buy/build really?
Cheap shock recon + fork set up £200
TOTAL £900

Obviously other bits such as rear sets, clip ons, race pads, master cylinders etc but in terms of the main bits, does the above seem sensible? Do I need anything else?

Seriously considering the conversion route at the moment…

I recon you will double that to make a half decent bike

[steeevvvooo]

don't say that too loudly... trying to sell this to the Mrs as a cheaper option!

[antonye]

In all fairness there's very little you have to do to race it. The only things you have to add are lockwire, chain guard and a bellypan; the rest is removing things!

It depends how far you want to go replacing things, upgrading things, tweaks and performance mods that will determine how much you want to spend.

[bradders]

chepa shock will be more than your £200, and the cost of rebuild at least that again.

Mine was failry cheap as it had cans, did forks with help of mates and didnt have that much race kit and it cost about £800 the first yera, then another £4-500 the second. TBH in hindsight way cheaper and better option to buy one already done - thegre are a few for sale like mine (for cheap money ), Craigs etc

[steeevvvooo]

thanks. I'm actually considering getting the road bike to convert while riding it through the winter and fettling a little along the way. In that case, if I turn out to be the slowest DD rider in history next year I can just put it back together and sell it as a road bike

[paynep]

Originally Posted by steeevvvooo

if I turn out to be the slowest DD rider in history next year

The bar has been set pretty low by others I won't name

[Cranker V2]

Crash protection is something I never really considered during the rebuild of mine last season. It has cost me a fair few quid this year and DNS's.